Lhavres

The Federal Republic of Lhavres Lhavrëšnhë (Kavrinian) Lyaanrazga (Czucz) Wààprësknà (Setyalnian)
Flag Emblem
Motto: "Taak lïč teek czugänoeq!" "We soar far and wide!"
Anthem: "Konaa Uqitlhäšnevuus" "The Grand Mountain, Konaa"
Location of Lhavres on Sahar.
A map of Lhavres showing provincial borders and key cities.
Capital		Nögrëyaa
Largest		Yaageqyë
Official languages		Kavrinian Czucz Setyalnian
Recognised regional languages		Ahaksian Fáknir Riisian Nuhzäyin Vuurušnian
Ethnic groups		47.1% Human 41.4% Kav 9.5% Fals 1.11% Astalvi (species) 0.89% Dalar (See demographics for a more detailed breakdown)
Demonym		Lhavrinian
Government		Federal representative democratic republic
-	Ruling Body	Haanelhotöš Congress
Establishment
-	Konaaczinh tribes begin forming jointly-controlled colonial chiefdoms	c. 4500 BCE
-	The Czucz Empire rises and expands along the northern coastline	c. 1450 BCE
-	The Konaaczinh Lhav tribe begins to unite the tribes around Mount Konaa, eventually forming the Lhav Empire	c. 552 BCE
-	The Lhav Empire collapses due to increasingly ineffective rule	c. 50 CE
-	The Kav tribe, led by Hunhatošlhë, unites all inhabited regions of Konaaczëšnhë and Czuczëšnhë	227
-	The Republic of Kavrinia destroys the Yaa Empire	1089
-	Dhwer takes Yaagëšnhë from Kavrinia	1271
-	Kavrinia defeats the Dhwer Empire and regains control of Yaagëšnhë	c. 1730
-	Lhavres conquers the Setyal Empire, attaining its modern borders	1844
Area
-		3,493,712 km2 (3rd) 1,348,930 sq mi
Population
-	estimate	262,085,250 (2nd)
-	2015 census	262,085,250
-	Density	75/km2 194/sq mi
GDP (nominal)		2015 estimate
-	Total	$9.16 trillion (1st)
-	Per capita	$34,969
Gini (2015)		0.48 low
HDI (2015)		0.86 very high
Currency		Lhavrinian geštug (LHA)
Time zone		West Lhavres Time (SCT -4) East Lhavres Time (SCT -3)
Date format		mm-dd-yyyy CE
Drives on the		right
Calling code		+34
Internet TLD		.lh

Lhavres (Kavrinian: Lhavrëšnhë [ʟɑvrəʃŋə]), officially the Federal Republic of Lhavres, is a country located in Upper Boroso, occupying much of the continent's geographic northwest region. It neighbors Dhwer to its east. The nation is multispecies in makeup, being 47% human and 41% Kavrinh, with the remaining 12% being made up of other species from around Sahar (the largest of these minority populations being Fals and Astalvi). The nation is known for having several popular tourist destinations found throughout the entire country.

Etymology

The native name, Lhavrëšnhë, which becomes Lhavres in anglicization for convenience, comes from Kavrinian and means "land of Lhavs". The Lhavs were a Konaaczinh tribe that formed an ancient empire in what is now western Lhavres, known as the Lhav Empire. The empire fell sometime around 50 CE but the region became united again less than two centuries later by the Lhavs's sister tribe, the Kavs (whose name gave us the current common name for the Kavrinhäk), who brought all known inhabited lands in the region under one banner through charisma and promises of prosperity. After annexation of Setyalmi in 1844, the nation chose "Lhavrëšnhë" "land of Lhavs" as its name.

History

The history of Lhavres is tightly linked with the history of the Kav species, the history of humans on Boroso, and the history of Borosan civilization. The nation is widely thought to contain the urheimat of the Kavs, somewhere within the state of Czucz. In 1959, an archeological dig led by famed Barradiwan archeologist Marín Balásk in the region of Thewer led to the discovery of ancient etchings and artifacts that seemed to point to the area being inhabited by a developed Kav civilization thousands of years before the more widely known Thewer civilization; however, these findings are the subject of much debate, as this would mean Kavs had a civilization long before humans did. A more contemporary consensus is that those findings represent monumental architecture produced by mesolithic hunter-gatherer Kav populations, a still revolutionary proposal.

The first documented civilization (here meant as the general cooccurrence of sedentary urbanization, agriculture and pottery) attested in the territory that now comprises Lhavres were the first Czucz cities in the Czucz Peninsula around 2000BCE. Several different architectural and pottery traditions are found in this period but the region quickly homogeinizes in the leadup to the formation of the First Czucz Empire in the couple centuries before 1000BCE. The Czucz Empire adopted a Theweroglyph-based writing system soon after but surviving inscriptions are few and far between. By 500BCE the empire had mostly dissolved.

The next major polity in the Lhavres area, the Lhav Empire, was centered on the south-west between present day Sutsagnaa and Konaacza and the surrounding areas. It lasted between c. 700BCE and 50CE and at its height included a considerable amount of the czucz peninsula. The surviving documents show a very large amount of revolts and high ruler turnover, especially on the second half of its lifespan. It also employed more centralized and autocratic policies and bureaucracy than most Lhavres polities since.

The area was enrolled in constant conflict for the following two centuries until a primarily diplomatic campaign led by Hunhatošlhë united the region again in 227CE forming the first iteration of Kavrinia. Historians and archeologists disagree on the exact nature of Hunhatošlhë's campaign and on the partiality of contemporary accounts of "diplomacy" but it is generally agreed it was a more peaceful period than the preceding fragmented period and than the Lhav Empire. While its cultural and political borders have changed greatly through the ages and the Czucz peninsula has always enjoyed a high degree of autonomy, especially culturally, there is a sense of continuity between the Kavrinia founded by Hunhatošlhë in 227CE and the Kavrinia that would go to form Lhavres in 1844, and all polities in the area, including the present day Lhavres state, would at least try to invoke the heritage of Hunhatošlhë.

Geography

The nation's geography is diverse, featuring vast rainforests, wetlands, savannas, steppes, and desert.

Demographics

Population centers

An interesting thing to note is that Lhavres's four largest cities, all ahead of the national capital in population and size, were all founded several thousands of years ago and historically used as capitals for various massive and influential polities: Yaageqyë was the capital of Ramekia, Konaacza was the capital of Kavrinia, Czuczlhayaa was the capital of the Czucz Empire, and Ǧuun was the capital of the Setyal Empire.

Species

Lhavres is the largest multispecies nation on the planet. No one species makes up a true majority of the population. With a total nonhuman population of 138,666,647, Lhavres has the second largest nonhuman population of any country on Sahar, behind only the Fals Empire.

Lhavres's total population of 262,085,250 consists of:

• 123,418,603 Humans (47.1%)
• 108,482,594 Kavs (41.4%)
• 24,893,349 Fals (9.5%)
• 2,932,234 Astalvi (1.11%)
• 2,358,317 Dalar (0.89%)

This means Lhavres has the largest Kav population, the second largest Fals and Astalvi populations, the third largest Dalar population, and the fourth largest human population of any country on Sahar.

Ethnic groups

The largest human ethnic group in Lhavres is the Tiiv people, most of the Tiiv people speak Kavrinian as their mother tongue.

Language

Lhavres is a multicultural society, therefore there are many languages spoken in the country, amongst the languages, the most widely spoken languages in Lhavres are Kavrinian, Czucz, and Setyalnian, all of which are the official languages of Lhavres, Kavrinian is the most widely spoken of them and is the de facto lingua franca in Lhavres.

Healthcare

The vast majority of healthcare in Lhavres follows the internationalized scientific system of medicine. Tertiary care is available in most cities, and the largest metropolitan areas also have quaternary care centers. Most of these centers provide care to humans, kavs, and fals. Astalvi and dalar medicine are available from specialized healthcare providers in areas with a significant astalvi or dalar population, as well as from the largest tertiary care centers in major metropolitan areas. The language spoken by healthcare providers varies with the patient population, but the business of healthcare, including medical conferences and journals, is usually conducted in Kavrinian.

Quaternary care

The Ǧuun Center of Regenerative Medicine is the world leading provider of biologic therapies, cell-based medical devices, and biopharmaceuticals.

Traditional medicine

The industrialization of Lhavres caused much of Lhavres folk medicine to be abandoned. However, there are several practices that are still widespread.

Culture

Television

Lhavres has several well-known television programmes, including both scripted and unscripted series. Dhweria is an alternate history series which has received both critical and popular acclaim. Kosel Ziitütaa, a political sitcom, is also popular. Notably among Lhavrinian television, its cast is primarily fals.

One of the most popular unscripted franchises in Lhavres is the True Lives franchise, which consists of unscripted dramas documenting the lives of affluent women in a certain city. There are 19 Lhavrinian series in the franchise, of which 11 are currently ongoing. The first and longest-running series is True Lives of Czuczlhayaa. The franchise also includes 10 international series, of which the longest running is True Lives of Taingedeuh.